[opensourcepharma] Ebola Grand Challenge

Fri Oct 10 17:17:36 UTC 2014

FYI…..

From: zakir thomas [mailto:zaksthomas at gmail.com]
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Subject: Fwd: Please share with OSDD - US Goverment announces Prize/Grand Challenge for Ebola R&D

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Subject: Please share with OSDD - US Goverment announces Prize/Grand Challenge for Ebola R&D
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FYI

http://ebolagrandchallenge.net/
Fighting Ebola: A Grand Challenge for Development

We are calling on the global community to share pioneering ideas that deliver practical and cost-effective innovations in a matter of months. Regardless of background, experience or knowledge of Ebola, your bold thinking is necessary to address this crisis, to improve delivery of care, and stem the spread of disease.

 USAID is partnering with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the
United States Department of Defense to launch:

An open innovation platform to crowdsource and incubate innovative ideas to improve delivery of care and stem the spread of disease, including improvements in PPE;

A challenge competition to fund and test innovations for PPE, infection treatment and control; and

Partnerships for rapid testing and deploying the best solutions.

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